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Ex- porn star awarded at Muslim Film Festival
Published: 10 October, 2011, 16:06
Sibel Kekilli (AFP Photo / Abdelhak Senna)
TAGS: Movies, Religion, Scandal, Russia, Sex
The 7th Muslim Film Festival that took place in the Russian city of Kazan in September has ended in a sex scandal. The issue related to a former porn actress who was awarded at the festival.
Rewarding of German actress with Turkish roots Sibel Kekilli known for criticizing Islam and having starred in several porn films in the past caused major disappointment in the Islamic community. The scandal emerged at the suggestion of the Tatarstan Muslims spiritual leader Ildus Faizov.
The local Culture Ministry, represented by Deputy Minister Guzel Nigmatullina, stated that the representatives of the Islamic Council of the republic under Ildus Faizov himself consulted the selective committee of the festival on religious matters.
Faizov in turn has addressed the Culture Ministry, roundly criticizing the festival. He noted his major discouragement in the choice of the Grand Prix winner, having specifically underlined that no such consultations ever took place. In his address, Ildus Faizov says “the festival has gathered culture activists whose creativity has little to do with the main idea of the Muslim Film Festival and goes against the generally-recognized moral values of Islam.”
According to Faizov, Kekilli openly has stated her negative attitude to Islam, accusing the religion of including violence as one of its integral parts.
Sibel Kekilli was named Best Actress for her role in German drama When We Leave. However, her name was not even mentioned on the festival’s website. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On. For her performances, she was awarded twice with a prestigious German movie award, the Lola.
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For Russians, this issue is not just a "tempest in a teapot", but reflects a much larger issue - integrating an evolving Russian Muslim culture into the mosaic of Russian nationalities. "Being Muslim" may mean ethnically Muslim, but not religious Muslim, whereas a devoutly religious Muslim usually sees themselves as the proper authority to speak for all things Muslim. Tatarstan has many ethnic Muslims who do not want to be seen as religious Muslims - they watch porn, patronize prostitutes, and drink vodka. In Chechnya, female students are resisting the demands of the devout Whabbi Muslims that they cover their heads - and Kadyrov seems to be going with that (hypocritical dictator),The tension between ethnic and religious Muslims extends to Moscow and how this tension is resolved will be a big job for the next president, but unfortunately Putin really hasn't shown that he is up to it.
apart from he important anal issue i brought up:
JuanitoN :
So a leader is a "hypocritical dictator" if he does not support that female students cover their head against their will?
yes yes, i see where you are going with that.
oh that's right, no where .
JuanitoN at some point the line has to be drawn between religion and dictating and instructing individual citizens what they personally can and can not do in a free modern society. (i'd like to underline the word Dictate in there, you see)
so perhaps you need to go back to the drawing board , and figure out that there is one Federation , and there are a minimum set of rules of law that determine a minimum (at least) set of freedoms for all citizens of that federation (in my opinion)